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Concern that temporary closure of Moy Park line in Ballymena will be permanent with loss of up to 400 jobs

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

April 3rd: Latest jobs cull in Ballymena is driven by reckless greed and comes at a time of swelling corporate profits Workers left with little confidence in management promises made while company’s corporate executives face US trial Sean McKeever, Unite Regional … Continue reading →

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Urgent meeting with Flybe management sought for assurances for Northern Ireland workforce

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

April 3rd: Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, which represents over 450 workers at regional airline Flybe is seeking an urgent, high level meeting with the company’s management to minimise job losses at Flybe and provide reassurances about the … Continue reading →

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Bombardier bosses must remove threat of compulsory redundancies hanging over Northern Ireland workforce

Posted on March 10, 2019 by

Up to a hundred compulsory redundancies planned despite large numbers having their applications for voluntary redundancy rejected Workforce are questioning why Northern Ireland sites are facing the threat of compulsory redundancy while in Canada workers are being ‘reclassified’ rather than … Continue reading →

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Workforce hopeful another airline can be found to take on City of Derry airport contract for London flights

Posted on February 18, 2019 by

Last week’s PSO extension means that Stansted service is highly attractive to potential alternative airlines Speaking on behalf of his union’s members in City of Derry airport, Gareth Scott, Regional Officer for Unite expressed his hopes that an airline could … Continue reading →

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Lack of serious action by UK government to defend Bombardier jobs indefensible

Posted on January 24, 2018 by

BBC Spotlight revelations show there is no ‘confidence and supply’ for workforce faced with 292 per cent import duty threat UK business minister offers excuses for months of delay in sending a meagre four page government submission January 24th: Jackie … Continue reading →

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